The MR Cagney Report on Superbuses (PDF, 46.73 MB) (including any drafts, amendments, internal correspondence on the report) referred to in documents released by TMR under the Act, file number 135/04837. In relation to internal correspondence, please limit to executive level, and only correspondence about the report's findings.

Any documents (PDF, 5.06 MB), including but not limited to briefing notes, presentations, emails, progress reports, meeting minutes, diary entries and internal memos about the progress of the Moreton Bay Rail Link project. Time period / date range for request: January 2016 to 30 May 2016. (This application was made to the Minister for Transport and the Commonwealth Games). (This application was made to the Minister for Transport and the Commonwealth Games)

Briefing notes and memos to the Minister (PDF, 84.51 MB) regarding:a) the recruitment of additional train drivers and guards (including for MBRL, NGR)b) the extra services for the Redcliffe Peninsula Line (formerly the Moreton Bay Rail Link).

All documents (PDF, 3.64 MB) related to internal hiring practices/rules for Queensland Rail train drivers and guards including emails and correspondence between the Minister's office and Queensland Rail related to the 2016 in-principle enterprise agreement train crew. Please include any documents on an amendment to the 2016 agreement regarding internal hiring of drivers.(This application was made to the Minister for Transport and the Commonwealth Games)

With regards to the preliminary North Coast Line (NCL) Action Plan and related 10-year program referenced on page 25 of the Draft State Infrastructure Plan Part B:(a) latest full copy of the preliminary plan and program(b) briefing notes, memos, emails and correspondence sent to and received from the Minister's office by the department in regards to the development of this plan and its inclusion in the draft State Infrastructure Plan.Time period / date range for request: 14 February 2015 - 11 November 2015.Full version (PDF, 10.61 MB) | Part 1 (PDF, 3.79 MB) | Part 2 (PDF, 4.61 MB) | Part 3 (PDF, 2.61 MB)

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Not that I have found yet. There was a couple of RTI requests that were either refused or withdrawn that related to so matters. It is not a completely transparent process the RTI system. Responses are often heavily redacted too. It is all we have got in this ' open and transparent ' State of Qld.

If you have time have a look at Documents tabled at the Fair Work Commission Qld, it might be there believe it or not.

Documents relating to discussions around Andy Byford and the vacant chief executive officer position at Queensland Rail when Jackie Trad was Transport Minister. Documents should include emails to and from the Minister's office mentioning the name Andy Byford and mentions of Andy Byford in the Minister's diary, including a meeting on 10 February 2017, described publicly as a meeting with the "candidate for CEO QR”. Time frame for request:: 1 January 2017 - 8 March 2017. (This application was made to the Minister for Transport and Main Roads) Currently being processed

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Interesting. I had heard that Andy Byford was the preferred candidate for CEQ QR but due to leaking early declined.

Email correspondence within the former Transport Minister Jackie Trad's office relating to Downer EDI/Downer and its potential involvement in the New Generation Rollingstock (NGR) project. Time frame for request: 1 September 2017 - 9 November 2017. (This application was made to the Minister for Transport and Main Roads) Currently being processed.

Summary documents regarding a) the cost of replacing trains with buses over the last calendar year or last financial year (depending on how information is collected) and b) a basic summary about the main reasons why buses were needed to replace trains.Time period / date range for request: 2017 calendar year. Currently being processed

the cost of replacing trains with buses over the last calendar year or last financial year (depending on how information is collected) and a basic summary about the main reasons why buses were needed to replace trains.

Time period / date range for request: 01/07/2016 to 30/06/2017 and 01/07/2017 to current.

Not that I have found yet. There was a couple of RTI requests that were either refused or withdrawn that related to so matters. It is not a completely transparent process the RTI system. Responses are often heavily redacted too. It is all we have got in this ' open and transparent ' State of Qld.

If you have time have a look at Documents tabled at the Fair Work Commission Qld, it might be there believe it or not.

I can't imagine any grounds for such refusal as previous ones were openly published on the internet, so what changed??

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One of the reasons I am familiarising myself with the RTI disclosure logs as I am attempting to come to terms as to how to frame the requests, should I need to do that in 22 days or so . I think if the request is too broad and overlaps with Cabinet confidentiality etc. then could be refused. There are lot of requests in process for Minister Bailey email correspondence in the 2018 log. Good luck with that whomever has requested it ...

All correspondence between the Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Director–General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads, Translink, Brisbane Transport, Brisbane City Council and the Lord Mayor's Office relating to the recent bus review—correspondence documents (PDF, 2.64 MB)

Annual patronage statistics for each financial year from 2010/2011 to 2016/2017 inclusive for each of the following Queensland Government subsidised services:

- All TransLink urban bus, tram and ferry services in South-East Queensland including all TransLink school services, on a route by route basis, and including all services on which go cards are accepted for payment regardless of subsidisation arrangements (with the relevant operator identified).

Annual patronage statistics for each financial year from 2010/2011 to 2016/2017 inclusive for each of the following Queensland Government subsidised services:

- All TransLink urban bus, tram and ferry services in South-East Queensland including all TransLink school services, on a route by route basis, and including all services on which go cards are accepted for payment regardless of subsidisation arrangements (with the relevant operator identified).

- Queenland Rail City Network by station entrances and on a line by line basis.

- Queensland Rail Travel Network by station entrances and broken down between routes.

- All subsidised regional long distance air and coach services (with the relevant operator identified).

School bus service information may be aggregated on the basis of a total figure for all services provided by a single contractor.

Advice has been received that this RTI application is considered to voluminous due the lack of electronic records prior to FY 2012/13, and difficulty in generating line data for Queensland Rail Citytrain. Accordingly application has been revised to:

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“Annual patronage statistics (in the form of Excel spreadsheets) for each financialyear from 2012/2013 to 2016/2017 inclusive for each of the following QueenslandGovernment subsidised services:- All TransLink urban bus, tram and ferry services in South-East Queenslandincluding all TransLink school services, on a route by route basis, and including allservices on which go cards are accepted for payment regardless of subsidisationarrangements (with the relevant operator identified).- All urban bus services in regional Queensland (comprising Airlie Beach andProserpine, Bowen, Bundaberg, Cairns, Gladstone, Gympie, Hervey Bay andMaryborough, Innisfail, Kilcoy-Caboolture, Mackay, Magnetic Island, NorthStradbroke Island, Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Toowoomba,Townsville and Warwick), including State funded school services provided by theurban bus operators for these areas, on a route by route basis (with the relevantoperator identified).- Queensland Rail City Network by station entrances.- Queensland Rail Travel Network by station entrances and broken down betweenroutes.School bus service information may be aggregated on the basis of a total figure forall services provided by a single contractor.”

Right to Know Day is celebrated annually across Australia and around the world on 28 September. In Queensland we mark Right to Know Day as Right to Information Day (RTID) to acknowledge the contribution of the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) (RTI Act) to facilitating greater and easier access to government-held information.

As part of RTID celebrations on 24-28 September 2018, Information Commissioner Rachael Rangihaeata is available for interview to discuss information access rights and responsibilities in Queensland.

This year’s theme is ‘Trust and Transparency’ as OIC focuses on moving from adopting the principles of the RTI Act to embedding a deeper culture of openness and transparency within the public sector. This contributes to building greater trust in the services we provide to the community.

The Office of the Information Commissioner, Queensland (OIC) encourages all government agencies to conduct their activities with openness, transparency and accountability, as they are the key foundations of good governance, and the benefits of community trust and engagement are indisputable.

RTID is an opportunity to remind Queenslanders about their right to access government-held information, as well as the government’s responsibility to release information informally and formally.

The RTI Act applies to Queensland state Government departments and Ministers, local councils, public universities, statutory authorities, government-owned corporations and other public authorities.

MEDIA RELEASE: Trust, transparency and right to information: Accountability in an age of democratic disquiet

A culture of secrecy and a desire for non-disclosure are still commonplace across many areas of politics and the bureaucracy, according to Professor Ken Smith, Dean and Chief Executive of the Australian and New Zealand School of Government.

Professor Smith made this claim during his delivery of this year’s Right to Information (RTI) Day Solomon Lecture, titled Trust, transparency and right to information: accountability in an age of democratic disquiet.

“Work that makes government more transparent or improves integrity must be seen as essential for rebuilding the trust that makes it possible for governments to operate effectively and work for the public good.”

In the lecture, Professor Smith also advocated for the need to return to the basics of our fundamental purpose of ensuring public trust, and the need to always operate in the public interest rather than serve narrower sectional interests.

Professor Smith said, “We need to understand our relative position as public officers within the community as elites and ensure that government is not perceived as being of the elites, by the elites, and for the elites.”

“The Right to Information reforms and their implementation are so important to reversing the massive declines in trust. We must do our utmost to ensure engaged, participatory and deliberative democracy.”

“Focusing on transparency in the way we go about our business and continuing to open up government, and of course access to the information which supports our evidentiary basis for decision making—will bring huge benefits to the community and importantly build rather than continue to erode trust in our democratic institutions,” Professor Smith said.

Queensland’s Information Commissioner, Ms Rachael Rangihaeata, said, “RTI Day celebrations and the Solomon Lecture are a timely reminder that building community trust through more open, transparent and accountable government requires strong leadership and continual work by all levels of the public service.”

“We must be proactive and vigilant in ensuring a right to access government-held information, and Queensland government agencies have a responsibility to release information unless it is contrary to the public interest to do so,” Ms Rangihaeata said.